On May 22, 2018, a meeting with the head of the working group of the Council of the European Union for Eastern Europe and Central Asia (COEST) Jutta Edthofer was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, at the invitation of President of the United States of America, Donald Trump, arrived in Washington on 15 May 2018 with his first official visit to the US.